New version of Panda Cloud... Oh wait!

[Tobi]

A new Trojan has been discovered –DarkAngle– that steals users’ confirmation information like passwords, banking details, etc. Nothing unusual about this, just one more to add to the more than 73,000 new viruses that appear every day. However, there is something truly special about this new piece of malware…

It tries to pass itself off as our Panda Cloud Antivirus. As you can see in the image, it uses the well-known Panda icon to trick users, who may think they are actually installing our antivirus software. Once run...

Read more:
http://pandalabs.pandasecurity.com/new-version-of-panda-cloud-oh-wait/

 

[Moose]

Thank you! For the passing the information along! :huh:

 

[Littlebits]

It seems just about all legitimate AV's have a malicious fake version available. Some are even advertised in Google Ads and other ads.

Thanks.

 

[McLovin]

It's a way of the cyber criminals to get money.